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  McLean VA (SPX) Jan 12, 2019 Iridium Communications Inc. has announced today that at 07:31 am PST (15:31 UTC) a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base and delivered the final 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to low earth orbit (LEO). All 10 satellites have successfully communicated with the Iridium Satellite Network Operations Center and are preparing to undergo initial on-orbit testing. This was the eighth and final launch for Iridium's historic launch campaign with SpaceX, seeing a total of 7 ... read more |
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Elon Musk shows off prototype of Mars-bound rocket, StarshipWashington (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the first pictures of a retro-looking, steely rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars. ... more 
SpaceX launches final 10 satellites for IridiumLos Angeles (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 SpaceX on Friday blasted off a payload of global communications satellites for Iridium, marking the first launch of 2019 for the California-based company headed by Elon Musk. ... more  
India plans manned space mission by December 2021Bangalore, India (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 India will send its first manned mission into space by December 2021, the head of the country's space agency said on Friday. ... more  
China's moon rover prepares for a rough ride on the dark sideBeijing (AFP) Jan 11, 2019 China on Friday hailed its historic mission to the far side of the moon as a "complete success" so far but said new challenges await its rover as it explores rugged terrain. ... more |
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US moves to speed military space upgrades under pressure from China, RussiaWashington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 The United States will accelerate its space program to compete with China's, a senior Defense Department official said. ... more 
Navy test-fires low-cost, hypersonic-speed projectilesWashington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer. ... more  
China launches Zhongxing-2D satelliteXichang (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday. The satellite has entered the p ... more 
Relay satellite Queqiao plays key role in exploring moon's far sideBeijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 China's Chang'e-4 probe has started the exploration on the far side of the moon thanks to the relay satellite that provides a communication link with ground control. The relay satellite, named ... more 
China welcomes world's scientists to collaborate in lunar explorationBeijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 The Chang'e-4 mission, which accomplished the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, embodies China's hope to combine human wisdom in future space exploration. Chang'e-4 is carry ... more |
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Roscosmos introduces $15Bln cap on building Yenisei super-heavy rocketMoscow (Sputnik) Jan 11, 2019 The leadership of Russian space agency Roscosmos has introduced a limit of 1 trillion rubles (approximately $15 billion) for the project of building the first specimen of the super-heavy Yenisei roc ... more  |
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NRAO identifies 100,000 star factories in 74 galaxies across the universeCharlottesville VA (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Galaxies come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes. Some of the most significant differences among galaxies, however, relate to where and how they form new stars. Compelling research to explain the ... more 
Milky Way-sized galaxy lacking galactic neighborsAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Long ago in a galaxy far, far away, fewer galaxies were born than expected - and that could create new questions for galaxy physics, according to a new University of Michigan study. The study ... more  
Astronomers uncover brightest quasar in early universeKamuela HI (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Astronomers have discovered the brightest object ever seen at a time when the universe was less than one billion years old. With the help of multiple, world-class telescopes in Hawaii - Gemini ... more 
Thousands of stars turning into crystalsWarwick UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered by astronomers at the University of Warwick, and our skies are filled with them. Observations have ... more  
New technique offers rapid assessment of radiation exposureRaleigh NC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows them to assess radiation exposure in about an hour using an insulator material found in most modern electr ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 
NASA became the victim of the confrontation between US President Donald Trump and US Congress, Dmitry Rogozin the director general of Russian space agency Roscosmos, said Wednesday on NASA's decision to revoke his invitation to visit the United States.
"In this situation, this is part of the feud between the Congress and Trump. In this situation, NASA was the victim of this feud," Rogozin ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jan 9, 2019 
The U.S. Navy test-fired high-velocity projectiles using existing guns aboard a destroyer during an exercise last summer.
Twenty projectiles were successfully fired at near-hypersonic speed from the USS Dewey's standard Mk 45, five-inch main deck gun during the "Rim of the Pacific" exercises off Hawaii, the USNI News reported.
It was an attempt to learn if the 40-year-old gun's u ... more |
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 London, UK (SPX) Jan 03, 2019 
As far as we know, Mars is the only planet populated entirely by robots! Due to the time taken for commands to travel to Mars (eight minutes each way), hand guided robots are limited to travelling only a few dozen metres a day.
New software developed in the UK will change this, enabling future Mars rovers to make their own decisions about where to go and how to get there, driving up to a k ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China sent Zhongxing-2D satellite into space on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 1:11 a.m. Friday.
The satellite has entered the preset orbit.
The Chinese-made communication and broadcasting satellite will provide transmission service for the country's radio, television stations and cable television networks.
The Zho ... more |
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 Goonhilly UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Infostellar have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide UK businesses with enhanced access to the Satellite Applications Catapult's ground station in Goonhilly, Cornwall.
The Catapult's ground station is the primary ground location for its In Orbit Demonstration (IOD) programme - a unique service which supports UK business to achieve t ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows them to assess radiation exposure in about an hour using an insulator material found in most modern electronics. The technique can be used to triage medical cases in the event of a radiological disaster.
"If there is a large radiological event in a populated area, it would be difficult or impossible ... more |
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 Villanova PA (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
Barnard b (or GJ 699 b) is a recently discovered Super-Earth planet orbiting Barnard's Star, making it the second nearest star system to the Earth. Although likely cold (-170 degrees centigrade), it could still have the potential to harbor primitive life if it has a large, hot iron/nickel core and enhanced geothermal activity.
That was a conclusion announced by Villanova University Astroph ... more |
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 Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 04, 2019 
Data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which explored Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule earlier this week, is yielding scientific discoveries daily.
"The first exploration of a small Kuiper Belt object and the most distant exploration of any world in history is now history, but almost all of the data analysis lies in the future," said Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute in Boul ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
While most developed countries have reduced the construction of large dams for the production of electricity in recent decades, developing countries, including Brazil, have embarked on even more massive hydropower developments.
These countries have not accounted for the environmental impacts of large dams, which include deforestation and the loss of biodiversity, or the social consequences ... more |
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 Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 11, 2019 
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin the GPS Control Segment Sustainment II (GCS II) contract to continue to sustain and further modernize the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite constellation's ground control system through 2025. This is the follow-on contract to Lockheed Martin's current GCS contract awarded in 2013.
Under the GCS II contract, the continued upgrade of the GPS ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jan 11, 2019 
China's Chang'e-4 probe has started carrying out a series of scientific research tasks involving multiple countries and organizations since it landed on the far side of the moon on Jan. 3, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced Thursday.
The probe, comprising a lander and a rover, was launched on Dec. 8, 2018. The Yutu-2 rover left its first trace on the far side of the m ... more |
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 Washington (Sputnik) Jan 10, 2019 
The US space agency NASA has released a series of photos from its Osiris-Rex spacecraft that shows a series of flybys of the 1,600-foot-wide asteroid Bennu.
The Osiris-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft arrived in orbit around Bennu, which orbits the sun between Earth and Mars, back in early December.
The craft has a ... more |
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 Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Jan 08, 2019 
How far have we come in achieving the UN's sustainable development goals that we are committed to nationally and internationally? Yes, it can be difficult to make a global assessment of poverty and poor economic conditions, but with an eye in the sky, researchers are able to give us a very good hint of the living conditions of populations in the world's poor countries.
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 Syracuse NY (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
This month's rare total eclipse will be the last one visible from the United States until 2022.
Walter Freeman is an assistant teaching professor in the Physics Department at Syracuse University. Freeman answers five questions about the upcoming eclipse.
Freeman says: What should those in the viewing area of the Jan. 20-21 total lunar eclipse expect to see?
"Viewers will see a ... more |
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 Lancaster UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Astrophysicists have found the first ever evidence of gigantic remains being formed from repeated explosions on the surface of a dead star in the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light years from Earth. The remains or "super-remnant" measures almost 400 light years across. For comparison, it takes just 8 minutes for light from the Sun to reach us.
A white dwarf is the dead core of a star. Whe ... more |
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 Hilo HI (SPX) Jan 10, 2019 
Before the cosmos reached its billionth birthday, some of the very first cosmic light began a long journey through the expanding universe. One particular beam of light, from an energetic source called a quasar, serendipitously passed near an intervening galaxy, whose gravity bent and magnified the quasar's light and refocused it in our direction, allowing telescopes like Gemini North to probe th ... more |
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